ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

: '.', ■;'■'.'■■■',... ,'.'»■.' '■ W^.; S-v-l: THEATRE ROYAL, '*' , s'An audience of large proportions at!r. ,■ tended at tho Theatre-Royal on.Saturday and ■ was entertained by a prov 'Bfamnio which musio, mirth, and any i.j ; jaihount of variety made'bright and amus:'i ■>' beginning'to end." Fred Graham V] 1 /' and .'Nellio Uont • wero as successful as ,';.:. ever in their humorous'sketch, "Married .!.'.',' .a Week,", and 'as 1 much may be said of .•"»-''' • the ; numerous other-artists who contrib- ,':<,' ntcditp.this' enjoyment of.tho evening. •-•,■,; Popular "turns"" were those of Herr ■ '''.-.'■' Thoodoro and Victor,Myers, both late ar- ' :;J. rivnls in AVollington; Herr Theodore is a ';•.' "juggler and equilibrist:of no mean abilnv! ''i.tjv'an'd his feats with blazing torches uro : U '■ 'extl'emely , effective."' Victor Myers, ' tho ■■•';• smallest comedian on any stage," made ■•■ 'Us audience laugh uproariously, and wu ■•;:. Wico recalled, To-night Fred Graham v' 1 ' '■]■ ahd Nellie -Dent Will appear in a new ■■!?■, ,• sketch; entitled "The Power of tho Id&l." ','' ■ Other.features in the complete change of j;i'■•■■'■.'•programme will be the appearance of .-: Mpisrs. Firrell and Gaffney in an «n- ---•'':' titelv new act and the "Anderson Sisters' •/' : in 'their comedy boxing act. -The various ' other members of the company will, be r ',■' teen 'in new turns.

•'.. ;>,!mS MAJESTY'S .THEATRE. i -A" complete chango of programme will ■be' presented , at llis' Majesty's Theatre ■•'■'- this evening, including some of.the latest V productions of the Ijest studios of Eng- ,.: : 'iahd t 'Frauce, Italy; and America. The A new will contain the best of •".■'"■ c6nilc, ; dramatic,' and secuio pictures of ■ ';.-■ ■ wide and varied : interest. , To-morrow -■'■ Messrs. 'Fuller'and Sons' will pre- ■;! . featn startling'picture of,tho sensational ' fight botween the London" police and the ' - Arinrchi>ts ftt , HgundsdUch. This light i raged for fivo hours, and ended with the '•i'{; bouse in which: t\\e Anarchists used as a '.''••■•:'■': fortress being burned to the ground. A ■'v splendid picture of the fight was obtaini: . ed-durlngjts prtgress, showing Mr. Wiu- ; ■; :-: 6toh Churchill directing operations. An- '■','■ ■ -ntheriflnft picture to,be included in to- ■';' • . laiorrow's prograAimo is.entitled "Ranch -J! Life in the great; South-west,", which.is ']'• ,«id to Set a new standard in pictures of !;;!• t-prairie life,in America.' ~, ,'. • '".':•' ■;:-ffU. ! |-' , '"'. ' ■ ■ v ;?:;■, '■,:.%■:['<;■< the:king'S;theatre^; ; ; ••■'■ .'.'-'J '■ VfApplause,' frequent;and hearty, reward- •' I idUhe'bill of! fare.set before the picture's •:-.'lovers who visited,the King/s Theatre on . :',> Saturday .evening.-; A,-feature of the pro- : '••''•■ crahime wns' tho naval and military tour- : L ' Viament held at Palmerstoii North; which -■ : 'had adisVinctly local flavour. t The £ other :'.';!'-' .pictures were well selected and beautifully displayed, i/'j !■'•/■. '} ;■ ;('■- ■'.■" '■' ' : ..;, ■■':,■ ' /.;V''/:'^v;t': ! ;.'srAii';picTbßJEs.''.' •■•■ \ : v '- 'A large: number 'of people assembled in ■ ; : : Bt: Thomas's HallatNowtown on Satur- ;.•'.-"■: '. day.evening, to view the excellent picture ■ programme screened by the Star Pictures '■"'■-,'-■. Proprietary. This evening , the .usual L " • change ofi programme will be submitted. '':f/:^:':y^^ : vr : '■'■ >;•;•? %■: l BILL 1 PICTURES;, ' ■:; ? . '• •' : 'i. The Messrs.. MacMahon have secured the)exclusive rights: for New.Zealand of I 1 r' the;famous 1 .moving' pictures and M-:, cbhiroUed by tho'iirn of.J.,D. Williams n ; , the Greater, Limited. In the openingpro■if' ''gHiimo at tho Opera House on Saturday ;"' ' > ; evening next, ■ when .'.the'.'Wellington sea,M,;soh'will be inaugurated,: tho.MacJlahons ■-~"' wilUpiit on the screen the .unique Buffalo -jv: : > Bill-series. , Colonel-Cody, so. ; far as his ■t "nain'o" and hisi exploits' ;nro • concerned, J-; i' •.■redds no introduction. : The' stery,of his. ■!'•• '■-' ■••• ■ experiences, in hostile Indian lands is '■- '.- 6tranger than. jany>fiction ever penned. '''■■ ■■ ';Tho picture .tho JlacMahons will show is .'•,-(.'.>'.>• cast;from' a film ■ pver;. 40U0ft; -long. : It. ■■', vv'V.'prwcnt*' > n a P' lepitomd ..the most strik:.ri; ! ' lngfßltuntions and incidents of tho great ■'■*6dut's-,»dycnturcs and work in the Wild : .! •.•"•'.'•' .West.of-America; and'wilLbe shown for ■A,:'-:- t in.Welirngtdii:' Tho season v'..- ■;.' : of i eight; nights ' jhst ■~ concluded at . His '■'■■' : 'Majefc Theatre, Auckland,'. proVed ta-. ;• V 'inently successful..?.- •. • >' ? f ; -.i , i : "- rJ -~ i ' il '.' ; f ■'£; delightful programnio of organ music • '(': '< iras.Jpresented lay Mr. Maughan Barnett • ■ (CityJ'Organjstk-to:.his audienco at his ■■■■' "■'• Saturday , evening,,-TCCitalv in tho Town ' Hall. \ Conspicuous items of tho selection . a were:'Hanuel'e celebrated "Cuckoo and . Nightingale" concerto, a dainty and most .'!.-'•-'•. characUristio ."Humouresque of.-Dyo- '■■'•.' : . rak's; and Mr. Barnett's own "Fantaisio ','''••■■:•'' oh the National Airs," a clever and tastc- •; ■■.-' ' fiilt arrangement for the organ, written' •-■'::■' in .connection with the, opening wcitals i> >'.. ' onitho grand '■ organ- in 1900. Selected ' ;l! ' ; items- from • Bach, -without ' .whom no ','':"/• thoroughly '■ representative organ pro- >,;■■'••: gTimme w6uld be-complete,: Bellini, , tho «; ■ well-known master of tuneful opera, and -v '•■ Schubert, :wero' also! played.,"';iV